List of free walking tours around the world
The trend of ‘free’ walking tours appears to have started in Berlin in 2004 and has now spread to over 40 cities around the world, including nearly every major tourist destination in Europe. Fad or not, free walking tours seem to be here to stay, so we thought it would be helpful to collect a list of them all in one place.
The fine people at Free Sofia Tour compiled this original list and with their permission I’m including it here as well so value-oriented travelers have more chances of finding these tours and even planning their trips around them.
As of 2018 there is a company called Guru Walk that offers free walking tours in cities around the world using their online platform. I don’t know how it’s all working but it seems like something worth checking out, especially if you aren’t finding a tour in a city you are visiting.
The tour guides work on tips and participants are free to tip as much or little as they think is appropriate, so they are a great first activity and orientation in a city on literally any budget.
Free walking tours by city
- Amsterdam, Netherlands – New Amsterdam Tours
- Amsterdam, Netherlands – Freedam Tours
- Amsterdam, Netherlands – Free Walking Tours Amsterdam
- Athens, Greece – Into Athens Sunset Walking Tour
- Aveiro, Portugal – Aveiro Free Walking Tour
- Baku, Azerbaijan – Baku Walking Tour
- Barcelona, Spain – Next Barcelona Tours
- Barcelona, Spain – Runner Bean Tours
- Barcelona, Spain – B Side Free Tour Barcelona
- Bath, England – Bath Guides
- Belgrade, Serbia – Belgrade Walking Tours
- Berlin, Germany – Next Berlin Tours
- Berlin, Germany – New Berlin Tours
- Berlin, Germany – Alternative Berlin Tours
- Berlin, Germany – Brewer’s Berlin Tours Free Express Tour
- Bogota, Columbia – Heros Tour Bogota
- Bordeaux, France – HUBordeaux Free Walking Tours
- Bordeaux, France – Bordeaux Free Walking Tours
- Brasov, Romania – Guided Brasov Free Walking Tour
- Bratislava, Slovakia – Be Free Tours
- Brighton, England – Free Walking Tours Brighton
- Bristol, England- Bristol Free Walking Tour
- Brussels, Belgium – Brussels Greeters
- Brussels, Belgium – New Brussels Tours
- Brussels, Belgium – Viva Brussels Tours
- Bucharest, Romania – Guided Bucharest
- Bucharest, Romania – Bucharest Free Guided Walking Tours
- Budapest, Hungary – Next Budapest Tours
- Budapest, Hungary – Free Budapest Walking Tours
- Budapest, Hungary – Free Budapest Tours
- Budapest, Hungary- Free Tour Of Budapest
- Buenos Aires, Argentina – BA Free Tour
- Buenos Aires, Argentina – Buenos Aires Free Local Tour
- Buenos Aires, Argentina – Walking tour in Buenos Aires
- Buenos Aires, Argentina- Free Walks Buenos Aires
- Buenos Aires, Argentina – Buenos Aires Free Walks
- Cagliari, Italy – Free Tours Cagliari
- Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic – Wiseman Free Walking Tour Cesky Krumlov
- Cologne, Germany – Freewalk Cologne
- Copenhagen, Denmark – New Copenhagen Tours
- Cusco, Peru – Free Walking Tour Cusco
- Delhi, India – Walks 2 Remember
- Dublin, Ireland – Next Dublin Tours
- Dublin, Ireland – New Dublin Tours
- Dublin, Ireland – Pat Liddy’s Walking Tours
- Dusseldorf, Germany – Dusseldorf Free Walking Tour
- Edinburgh, Scotland – New Edinburgh Tours
- Florence, Italy – Florence Free Tour
- Granada, Spain – Tour Guru Granada
- Gdansk, Poland – Gdansk Free Walking Tour
- Ghent, Belgium – Ghent Free Walking Tours
- Hamburg, Germany – New Hamburg Tours
- Hamburg, Germany – Hamburg Free Walking Tours
- Hanoi, Vietnam – Free Walking Tours Hanoi
- Havana, Cuba – Free Tour Havana
- Helsinki, Finland – Free Walking Tour Helsinki
- Helsinki, Finland – Free Helsinki Tour
- Hue, Vietnam – Hue Free Tour
- Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam – Saigon Free Walking Tour Half Day
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong – Hong Kong Free Walk
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong – Humid With A Chance Of Fishballs
- Istanbul, Turkey – Free Istanbul Tours
- Jerusalem, Israel – New Jerusalem Tours
- Kiel, Germany – Kiel Walking Tours
- Krakow, Poland – Free Walking Tour
- Krakow, Poland – Cracow Free Walking Tour
- La Paz, Bolivia – Red Cap Walking Tours
- Lisbon, Portugal – Concrete Jungles Walking Tours
- Lisbon, Portugal – Lisbon Free Tour
- Ljubljana, Slovenia – Ljubljana Free Tour
- London, UK – New London Tours
- London, UK – Alternative London Free Tour
- Lyon, France – Alternative Lyon Free Walking Tour
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Luxembourg Free Walking Tours (tours are in Spanish)
- Madrid, Spain – New Madrid Tours
- Madrid, Spain – My Madrid Free Tour
- Madrid, Spain – Madrid Free Walking Tour
- Malmo, Sweden – Malmo Walking Tours
- Marrakech, Morocco – Free Walking Tour Marrakech
- Melbourne, Australia – Melbourne Free Walking Tour
- Milan, Italy – Milan Free Tour
- Modena, Italy – Free Walking Tour Modena
- Mombasa, Kenya – Safarizote
- Mombasa, Kenya – Free Walking Tour Mombasa
- Monterey, United States – Monterey’s Free Walking Tours
- Montevideo, Uruguay – Montevideo Free Walking Tour
- Montreal, Canada – Free Old Montreal Tour
- Moscow, Russia – Free Moscow Tour
- Munich, Germany – New Munich Free Tour
- Nairobi, Kenya – Safarizote
- Nairobi, Kenya – Free Walking Tour Nairobi
- Naples, Italy- Free Walking Tour Naples
- New Orleans, United States – Free Walking Tours of New Orleans
- New Orleans, United States – New Orleans Fun Free Walking Tours
- New York, United States – NY By Foot
- Nice, France – Nice Free Walking Tour
- Odessa, Ukraine – Free Tours Odessa
- Oxford, England – Wander Oxford Free Walking Tours
- Pamplona, Spain – Free Tour San Fermín
- Paraty, Brazil – Free Walker Tour Paraty
- Paris, France – City Free Tour
- Paris, France – New Paris Tours
- Paris, France – Paris Walks
- Philadelphia, United States – Free Walking Tours of Philadelphia
- Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Free Plovdiv Tour
- Porto, Portugal – Porto Free Tour
- Porto, Portugal – Porto Free Walking Tour
- Poznan, Poland – Poznan Free Walking Tour
- Prague, Czech Republic – Prague Walking Tour
- Prague, Czech Republic – Free Tour Praga (tour is in Spanish)
- Prague, Czech Republic – Next Prague Tours
- Prague, Czech Republic – New Prague Tours
- Prague, Czech Republic – Prague Extravaganza Free Tour
- Prague, Czech Republic – Royal Walk Free Tour
- Quebec City, Canada – A free walking tour of Quebec
- Riga, Latvia – Riga Old Town Free Walking Tour
- Riga, Latvia – Yellow Free Tours
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Free Walker Tours Rio de Janeiro
- Rome, Italy – Colosseum Free Tours
- Rome, Italy – New Rome Free Tour
- Rome, Italy – Rome Free Tour
- Rome, Italy – Rome Free Walking Tour
- Rome, Italy – Free Rome Tour
- Saint Pertersburg, Russia – Free Tour San Petersburgo (tour is in Spanish)
- Saint Petersburg, Russia – Saint Petersburg Free Tour
- Saint Petersburg, Russia – Saint Petersburg Feel Free Tour
- Salvador, Brazil – Walking Tour Of Salvador
- San Francisco, US – San Francisco City Guides
- Santiago, Chile – Free Tour Santiago
- Santiago, Chile – Tours 4 Tips Santiago
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Free Sarajevo Walking Tours
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sarajevo Insider Free Tour
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Meet Bosnia Free Walking Tour
- Sevilla, Spain – Sevilla Free Tour
- São Paulo, Brazil – Concrete Jungles Walking Tours
- São Paulo, Brazil – São Paulo Free Walking Tour
- Sofia, Bulgaria – Free Sofia Tour
- Stockholm, Sweden – Free Tour Stockholm
- Sydney, Australia – I’m Free
- Sydney, Australia- Free Tours Sydney
- Tallinn, Estonia – Yellow Free Tours
- Tampere, Finland – Tampere Free Tour
- Tel Aviv, Israel – New Tel Aviv Tour
- Tel Aviv, Israel – Free Walking Tour in Israel
- Thessaloniki, Greece – Free Thessaloniki Tours
- Tokyo, Japan – Free Tokyo Tour
- Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Free Guide
- Toronto, Canada – Tour Guys
- Turin, Italy – Free Walking Turin
- Utrecht, Netherlands – Utrecht Free Tours
- Vaduz, Liechtenstein – Free Walk Liechtenstin
- Valparaiso, Chile – Tours 4 Tips Valparaiso
- Vancouver, Canada – Tour Guys
- Varna, Bulgaria – Free Varna Tour
- Venice, Italy – New Venice Free Tour
- Venice, Italy – Venice Free Walking Tour
- Venice, Italy- Free Venice City Tour
- Venice, Italy- Venice Free Tours
- Venice, Italy – Free Walk In Venice
- Vilnius, Lithuania – Yellow Free Tours
- Warsaw, Poland – Orange Umbrella Free Tour Warsaw
- Warsaw, Poland – Free Tour Warsaw
- Warsaw, Poland – Free Walking Tour Warsaw
- Wroclaw, Poland – Free Walking Tour Wroclaw
- Washington, US – DC By Foot
- Washington, US – Tours For Humanity
- Windhoek, Namibia – Chameleon Safaris Namibia
- Yangon, Myanmar – Free Yangon Walks
- Yerevan, Armenia – Yerevan Free Walking Tour
- Zakopane, Poland – Zakopane Free Walking Tour
- Zurich, Switzerland – Zurich Free Walking Tours
If you know of additional free walking tours or find that any on this list no longer offers the tours, please let us know so we can keep this list up to date.
A new walking tour in Cracow/Krakow, Poland! Please add this one to the list, it’s really great. We went for two of their tours during Easter time together with my American friends. One of the best walking tours I’ve ever been to. If you are planning to visit Cracow, don’t miss this one. Look at http://www.cracowfreewalkingtour.com.
Thanks for the heads-up. It’s been added to the main list. -Roger
Free day and night walking tour by a hostel and tourist agency Envoy in Yerevan, Armenia. I am in no way associated with them, just giving you an info. The rest of the tours are paid for, but day and night walking tour are free. http://www.envoyhostel.com/tour/tour_rates.php
Thanks Ivan. It’s been added to the main list, and it wouldn’t matter if you were associated with them because this list is a resource that is trying to include any and all of them. -Roger
Thanks Roger. Have now accessed the sight and will certainly make use of it when we travel to Russia later in the year.
Great site for budget travelers especially. Great spread of cities but unable to open the free Moscow tour which was disappointing!
(Thanks for mentioning this, Mary. I just fixed the Moscow link now. -Roger)
3 years in the running. best tour in Slovenia. Sr=trange it was excluded from the list.
(Jack, it was just an oversight. Your Ljubljana tour has now been added to the list, and I may add the city to the main site as well. Thanks. -Roger)
we will be pleased to welcome you in ?stanbul.
The list is getting bigger and bigger, it’s awesome 🙂
http://freesofiatour.com/blog/free-walking-tours
http://www.fwtperu.com check this web site out!!
(Thanks for this update. Your Cusco free walking tour link has now been added to the main list. -Roger)
Hi Dear team of Price of Travel, My name is Elvis, I am the owner of Free Tours by Foot Cusco (Cusco city – Peru), I would llike to appear on your platform of the most famous walking tours worldwide.
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Name of company: Free Tours by Foot Cusco
Country: Peru
City: Cusco
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This is one of the most interesting lists I ever read online! Thanks for sharing. Too bad Milan, the city where I live, doesn’t offer free walking tours.
The Mayor of Bath’s Corps of Honorary Guides give free walking tours around the Georgian City of Bath, England. Walks are around 2hours long, lots to take in – the architecture, Jane Austen associations, also site of Roman Baths and Medieval Abbey. Details here: http://www.bathguides.org.uk/index.html
And a taster in our Interactive Postcard from Bath: http://theonlinetraveljournal.com/bath/
with commentaries from Mayor’s Guide Kirsten Elliot and others.
(Thank you for this. It’s now been added to the main list. Unlike the others, this one takes quite a bit of reading to discover that the tours are not only free, but the guides don’t accept tips either. It might be worth making that more clear. -Roger)